Toy element constructed of sheet metal



(Jet. 22, 1929. 1. BERGER I TOY ELEMENT CONSTRUCTED OF SHEET METAL Filed Feb. 8, 1927 INVENTOR ATTO E Patented (lot. 22,

ISADORE BERGER, OF NEWARK, HEY? J'ERSE 'E", hi3

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fiIG-NOJRJ T ELIZABETH 1i. CHEM,

Application filed February 8,

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in toys and more particularly to a toy element constructed of sheet material.

An object of my invention is to provide a toy element which may be formed from a single blank of sheet material.

A further object is to provide a novel method of constructing or forming the element.

The invention consists in the improved construction to be more fully described herein" afterand the novelty of which will be particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed I have fully and clearly illustrated a pre- 15 ierred embodiment oi my invention in the accompanying drawings to be taken as a part i' this specification, and wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank from which the toy element of my invention is to 20 be formed,

Figure 2 is a side View 01" the completed element, and

Figure 3 is a front View of the same. Referring to the drawings by characters of 5 reference 1 designates a blank of sheet material, preferably sheet metal, though cardboard or other board material may be used it desires. The blank 1 is stamped or otherwise cut to the configuration shown in Figure 3Q 1, so that there is a hood 2, side members 3, l, back member 5, top member 6, and seat 7, all of which when assembled, as will be described, Will form an automobile hood and cab as shown in Figures 2 and 3.

lhe engine hood 2 has a mid-portion 8 and sides 9, with side 9 joined to and formed integrally with side member 3. Side 10 has a lug 11 on its rear edge 12. Support members 13, 14; are respectively provided on each side 9, 10 to support the engine hood 2 on a chassis, not shown. Suitable ears 15 are also provided to fasten the hood to the chassis.

Each side member 3, l has respectively an outwardly projecting arm 16, 17 with the top edge thereof slightly curved as at 18, 19. Along the top of and at the extreme end of each arm 16, 17 is a lug 20 for a purpose to be described. The side members 3, 4: each have an inward projection 21 which serves as a seat support. The lower edge of each of the aerial No. 166,629.

side members 3, 1 has a support member 22 whlch coooerates with men'lbers 13, 1d and support portion oil re cab on the chassis.

-he side member let has a pro The lower 7; lllt) top member which latera y 6 has side flanges 25, 26 a ut the arms 16, 17 respectively. lit the front edgethe top member 6 may be finished oil by a depending flange 2( Lugs 20 overlie the top member 6 and hold the same against arms 16, 17.

llhe seat 2' has a seat portion proper 28 between slots or cuts 29, 30 and which rests at its side edges 31, 32 upon the supports 21. The forward edge oi the seat extends downwardly from portion 28 between the side members 3, 4;, to serve as an inter -al brace and also to complete the seat structure.

lit desired the back 5 may have an opening 3% cut therethrough to provide a window.

The toy element comprising the hood portion and the cab portion are formed as follows The seat 7 and lower ends 35, 36 of sides 3, 1 are bent upwardly along lines 4.0, 41 respectively and at right angles to the back 5. The seat 7 and portions 35, 36 and then again bent at right angles to on ten d away from window 3a and into planes parallel to back mem- The side members 3, 4 are now bent upwardly from the back 5 along lines 42, as respectively and from the plane or the drawing until the side members he in parallel planes at right angles to the plane of back member 5 and with supports 21, 21 beneath her 5.

seat portion 28.

The engine hood 2 is then bent at an obtuse angle along the line at, the mid-portion or center part 8 being bowed slightly but suifieient-ly, see Figures 2 and 3, to cause the line or trace 15 to lie in the plane of side member 4; and in a plane through line at which is parallel to bottom edges 46. The part 10 oil the hood is then bent downwardly at right angles to the plane of back 5 and into the plane or side member t. The lug 11 will now be adjacent slot 24; through which it is passed and bent or turned back upon itself, see

Figure the cab.

2, to lock the bond 2 in position on The top 6 1...

.ow also bent upwardly from the back 5, Figure 1, until it lies against the curved upper edges 18, 19 of the arms 16, 17. The end or front edge 27 of the top 6 is bent over to form a depending flange which abuts the free forward ends of the arms 16, 17 and lugs 20 are bent over onto the upper surface of top 6 to securely hold it in place [against the arms 16, 17 The support mem- V toy element comprising the hood bers 13, 14;, 22, 22 are finally bent inwardly to lie in a common plane, see Figure 3, and the portion and the cab portion are completed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

In a sheet material toy element, a single blank of sheet material comprising a hood portion and a cab portion, said hood portion 4 having vertical side walls and a bowed mid.-

portion, one of said side walls having fastenmg means, said cab portion having side members an arm on each side member a to carried by said arms, a projection on one of said side members, and means on said projection adapted to cooperate wlth said fastening means to lock said hood portion to said cab portion.

'In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, this 31st day of January, 1927.

ISADORE BERGER. 

